Category: Animation

***This article originally appeared in the Sept./Oct. ’22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 323)***

“We are storytellers at heart.” That’s how Mikros Animation defines itself on its colorful website, which promotes the studio’s previous projects such as The

Cartoon Forum returns to Toulouse, France this week (September 19-22) for its 33rd edition. Over four days, France’s “Pink City” will become a hot spot for European animation.

Featuring 80 new animated series from 19 European countries, this pitching and

***This article originally appeared in the Sept./Oct. ’22 issue of Animation Magazine***

Chris Robinson is the longtime artistic director of the Ottawa International Animation Festival and author of many books, including Estonian Animation, Unsung Heroes of

Helsinki-based Gigglebug Entertainment and French studio Zodiak’s new children’s animated series The Unstoppable Yellow Yeti is described as an “offbeat comedy series set in a quirky little town above the Arctic Circle,” and it follows the adventures of three friends:

***This article originally appeared in the Sept./Oct. ’22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 323)***

European animation professionals know the summer season is officially over then it’s time for them to get ready for the annual Cartoon Forum pitchfest in Toulouse,

Global kids and family content distributor Jetpack Distribution has acquired the rights for the new animated series Kung Fu Pork Choppers from global licensing company Centa IP. The deal comprises two seasons of 52 x 11-minute episodes of the CGI